are any to whom this little book may bring some passing
amusement in hours of idleness, or some brief respite
when the sadness of the heart or the sufferings of the
body forbid the perusal of worthier things. 

STEPHEN LEACOCK 

McGill University
Montreal 

_CONTENTS_ 

I.  Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective
II.  "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural
III.  Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry
IV.  Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen
V.  A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft
VI.  Sorrows of a Super Soul: or, The Memoirs of Marie Mushenough
VII.  Hannah of the Highlands: or, The Laird of Loch Aucherlocherty
VIII.  Soaked in Seaweed: or, Upset in the Ocean